by Carol Sanford | Sep 28, 2010 | Business Development
There is No Such Thing as Social Responsibility: There is only Responsibility When I was a kid, grandparents and even extended community such as schoolteachers and Sunday School teacher never talked about responsibility as being of special kinds or classes. My...
by Carol Sanford | Sep 17, 2010 | Impact Investing
Interview with Chip Conley, Founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality and author of Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow This week is about new ways to understanding motivation in business. Monday’s blog surveyed the new books on the subject....
by Carol Sanford | Sep 15, 2010 | Game-Changing Entrepreneurs
Chip Conley is the founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, a chain of boutique hotels that have thrived in the downturn when the rest of the industry is in a death grip. He is also a “psychologist”. Well, at least he is very connected to humanist psychologist,...
by Carol Sanford | Sep 13, 2010 | Business Development
The traditional motivation assumption is that life is about money, position or status relative to others and power over others, or some combination of these. This has led businesses to wide spread design of productivity programs and pay and progression systems that...
by Carol Sanford | Sep 12, 2010 | Business Development
I reviewed Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples, by Mark Dowie. This book is about the surprising upside-down effect of the conservation movement, especially in establishing the National Park Service. Without...
by Carol Sanford | Sep 11, 2010 | Business Development
Book Review: Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples by Mark Dowie The push to save the wilderness, wildlife and rivers, whether on the North American Continent or in the Amazon, or in Burma, seems such a worthy...